. Northern Maine, its points of interest and its representative business men, embracing Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, Ft. Fairfield, Danforth, Lincoln, Mattawamkeag, Winn and Kingman. eing 1063, and the estate valuation being ^lV9,0o5 as comparedwith 1106,934 in 1880. A good part of this increase however was caused by the annexation of a partof Weston, in 1885, and of a part Eaton, in 18S7. The Maine Central R. R., runs entirely across the town from to north to south, making stationsat Danforth and Eaton Villages which are five miles apart. The bulk of the population, business,etc., is at Da
. Northern Maine, its points of interest and its representative business men, embracing Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, Ft. Fairfield, Danforth, Lincoln, Mattawamkeag, Winn and Kingman. eing 1063, and the estate valuation being ^lV9,0o5 as comparedwith 1106,934 in 1880. A good part of this increase however was caused by the annexation of a partof Weston, in 1885, and of a part Eaton, in 18S7. The Maine Central R. R., runs entirely across the town from to north to south, making stationsat Danforth and Eaton Villages which are five miles apart. The bulk of the population, business,etc., is at Danforth Village where there are many fine stores, good hotels and well-equipped manufact-uring establishments. The local associations include lodges of Masons and Odd Fellows and a societyof the Ancient Order of United Workmen ; together with the Danforth Band, Danforth TrottingPark Association, and the Union Hall Corporation. Danforth has an industrious and intelligent popu-lation among whom are many public-spirited business men who have full confidence in the extensivefuture development of the town and spare neither trouble nor expense to hasten it by every means intheir Danpobth Mills. Representative Business Men of Danforth, Me. HATHORN, FOSS & CO. (Mills at Danforth,Lambert Lake, La Grange, Alton.) manufacturers ofForeign and Domestic Iruit Box Sliooks, Long Lumber,Staves, Shingles, Spool Stock, Backboard, etc., Danforth,Me.— The student of Maines history cannot help beingvery forcibly impressed by the great enterprise the resi-dents of the State have always shown in finding a marketfor their productions, for they have pushed tlieir opera-lions in every quarter of the globe and for many yearsJIaine was the leading commercial Stale in the Union andwould be such to-day were it not for the decline ofAmerican shipping Spars from the forests of Mainewere shipped lo all the leading maritime nations so longas the supply lasted; cooperage stock has been largelyexported to
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